CVE-2017-0459
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local...
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32644895. References: QC-CR#1091939.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32644895. References: QC-CR#1091939.
- Record
CVE-2017-0459- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32644895. References: QC-CR#1091939.
- Record
CVE-2017-0459- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0813 No score
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32644895. References: QC-CR#1091939.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0813- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6873-3m5j-w4g3
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local...
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32644895. References: QC-CR#1091939.
- Record
GHSA-6873-3m5j-w4g3- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-0459 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Google Android, published March 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
securitytracker.com/id/1037968
securityfocus.com/bid/96743
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit?h=rel/msm-3.18&id=ffacf6e2dc41b6063c3564791ed7a2f903e7e3b7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0459
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6873-3m5j-w4g3